- HD 1080
- Runtime: 61m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: John Francis Dillon
- Stars: Charles Farrell, Bette Davis, Ricardo Cortez, Glenda Farrell, Allen Jenkins
- keywords: con man, counterfeit, pre-code, racketeer, racket, druggist, racketeering, knockoff
- Production_studio: First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Slogan: A New Type of Racket Exposed! In This Thrilling Underworld Drama
- The The Big Shakedown is featured in the top rankings of 1934
- #62 in Top Drama Movies of 1934
- #19 in Top Crime Movies of 1934
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.